Participants in the Restorative Justice Community Court program are now getting help in finding housing through Heartland Human Care Services, according to Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans.
Also, building on the success of these diversion courts, Chief Judge Evans has announced plans for a new Restorative Justice Community Court in southwest suburban Sauk Village, the first-ever in suburban Cook County.
The Avondale and North Lawndale Restorative Justice Community Courts will graduate 64 participants this month, according to Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans.
The Avondale and North Lawndale courts will graduate 16 and 48 participants, respectively. The Avondale ceremony will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 3, at Resurrection Hall of St. Hyacinth Basilica, 3636 West Wolfram St. in Chicago. The North Lawndale ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 9, at UCAN, 3605 W. Fillmore St. The public is welcome to attend.
The Hon. Geary W. Kull has been named Acting Presiding Judge of the Fourth Municipal District of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans said.
Judge Kull has been a judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County since 2009, and has served in the Fourth Municipal District, located in Maywood, since 2011. He was first appointed to the bench by the Illinois Supreme Court, and won election to the 9th Subcircuit in 2010.
Cook County’s Marriage Court will no longer limit the number of guests for in-person ceremonies, according to an order issued this week.
A previous limitation for in-person ceremonies, enacted during the COVID-19 pandemic, had been two guests plus the marrying couple. Starting next Tuesday, couples entering marriages or civil unions will have no limit on the number of individuals attending the ceremony, according to an order issued Wednesday by the Hon. Diann K. Marsalek, Presiding Judge of Marriage Court and of the Traffic Division. Also, masks are no longer required.
A new $2 million federal grant will boost two existing north suburban court programs that help adults diagnosed with substance use disorders.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration awarded the five-year grant to support program operations in north suburban drug treatment courts in the Second (Skokie) and Third (Rolling Meadows) Municipal Districts.
Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans and Traffic Division Presiding Judge Diann K. Marsalek on Tuesday presented 200 backpacks filled with school supplies to Juvenile Temporary Detention Center residents.
The backpacks, which contain notebooks, folders, pens, pencils, erasers, protractors and other items, had been filled with donations from more than 400 Cook County judges.
The Hon. Maureen Ward Kirby has been named Acting Presiding Judge of the County Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans said.
On June 29, Cook County Circuit Court Judge Charles Burns received a national honor as he was inducted into the Stanley Goldstein Treatment Court Hall of Fame during a special ceremony at RISE23, the world’s preeminent conference on addiction, mental health, and justice reform.
Named for the nation’s first drug court judge, the Stanley Goldstein Treatment Court Hall of Fame is the highest honor bestowed by All Rise, the leading training, membership, and advocacy organization for treatment courts. Judge Burns was inducted by outgoing board chair Judge Karen Freeman-Wilson (ret.).
The Circuit Court of Cook County announced today that, effective July 17, 2023, court proceedings will no longer be livestreamed.
This court has been made aware of allegations against the Hon. William H. Hooks which, if true, would violate the Illinois Code of Judicial Conduct.
Following a June 29 meeting of the Circuit Court of Cook County Executive Committee, I issued an order, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 56, assigning Judge Hooks to restricted duties or duties other than judicial duties in the office of the First Municipal District Presiding Judge E. Kenneth Wright, Jr., subject to further order of the court.
The Hon. Donna L. Cooper has been named Acting Presiding Judge of the Juvenile Justice Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans said.
A retired colonel with the Illinois Army National Guard, Judge Cooper has been a judge in the Juvenile Justice Division since April of 2009. She has presided over the Juvenile Justice Division of the Sixth Municipal District in Markham since July of 2011, and also has led the Englewood Restorative Justice Community Court since its opening in August 2020.
Circuit Court of Cook County Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans announced on Friday that enriched evening programming for Juvenile Temporary Detention Center (JTDC) residents will begin on Monday, April 17.
Circuit Court of Cook County Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans and the court’s Nominating Committee today announced the names of the 44 candidates who will be on the ballot for circuit judges to vote to fill 22 associate judge vacancies.
The Hon. Mary C. Marubio has been named Acting Presiding Judge of the Pretrial Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans said.
Judge Marubio has been a judge in the Pretrial Division since its creation in 2017, and has been a supervising judge since November 2021. Appointed an associate judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County in 2016, she was initially assigned to the First Municipal and then the Domestic Relations Divisions. She was elected a circuit judge in 2020.
Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans has proposed creating a central state registry for the filing of wills, to guard against the loss of original documents and expensive litigation for families.
The Maywood Courthouse will be open on Friday, Jan. 6, following repairs to a broken water main, Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans announced.
The Courthouse was closed on Thursday to repair the break. Litigants whose court dates were rescheduled are advised to contact their attorneys and/or the Clerk of the Circuit Court here for the new date.
The Hon. Stuart F. Lubin has been appointed interim acting presiding judge of the Juvenile Justice Division as of January 2, Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans announced.
Judge Lubin fills the role left by the recent retirement of the Hon. Michael P. Toomin, Judge Evans said.
Judge Evans said he is interviewing candidates for the Juvenile Justice position, and that Judge Lubin will serve until the interview process is completed.
The Maywood Courthouse will be closed on Thursday due to a water main break, Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans announced.
Crews are working to repair the break at the Fourth Municipal District Courthouse at 1500 Maybrook Drive in Maywood. Cases that were scheduled to be handled remotely, by Zoom, will still be heard. Bond court also will be heard remotely. However, criminal cases which were expected to be handled in person will be rescheduled for a later date.
Due to predictions of significant snowfall, high winds causing blizzard – like conditions, and extremely low temperatures and wind chills in Cook County, Chief Judge Timothy C.
Due to the replacement of existing ComEd power supply equipment serving the Leighton Criminal Courthouse, the courthouse will be closed all day this weekend, on Saturday and Sunday, November 19 and 20. The administration building will be open during this period.
New, lower court fees for adoption cases in Cook County will make it easier for families to adopt children and give them permanent homes, announced Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans on Tuesday. The new fees were implemented in time for National Adoption Day, Saturday, November 19.
The Avondale Restorative Justice Community Court will hold its first in-person graduation ceremony in its two-year history on Friday, November 18, at 1 p.m., according to Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans.
The ceremony will be held at Resurrection Hall at St. Hyacinth’s Basilica, 3657 W. George St. Featured speakers will include Judge Evans and the Hon. Beatriz Santiago, the presiding judge of the court. Seventeen graduates will be honored.
Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans announced today a number of improvements that are ongoing at the Juvenile Temporary Detention Center (JTDC).
These changes are being implemented by an Implementation Committee chaired by Bryan Samuels, Executive Director of Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago.
The JTDC has completed Northwestern University’s Trauma Informed Juvenile Court Self-Assessment, produced by the National Child Traumatic Stress Network.
Due to the replacement of existing ComEd power supply equipment serving the Leighton Criminal Courthouse, the courthouse will be closed all day this weekend, on Saturday and Sunday, October 15 and 16. The administration building will be open during this period. Because of this closure, the Pretrial Division (central bond court) will conduct all bail hearings on Zoom on the weekend of October 15 and 16. For the court hearings normally conducted in Courtrooms 100 and 102, attorneys and court staff will log in by Zoom.
The North Lawndale Restorative Justice Community Court will hold a graduation ceremony at 10 a.m. on Thursday, October 13, for 80 graduates – the largest graduation in the court’s five-year history.
The ceremony will be held at UCAN Chicago, 3605 W. Fillmore Ave. Featured speakers include the Hon. Patricia Spratt, the presiding judge of the court, and Rayshawn Fields, a graduate who has composed a rap song about his experience.
The Hon. Rena Marie Van Tine has been named Acting Presiding Judge of the County Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans said.
The Hon. Regina Scannicchio has been named Acting Presiding Judge of the Domestic Relations Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans said.
Judge Scannicchio was first appointed to the bench by the Illinois Supreme Court in 2011, after 23 years as a private domestic relations attorney. She was elected in 2012 and retained in 2018. After a year in traffic court, she became a judge in the Domestic Relations Division in 2012.
On September 21, 2022, the Chicago Police Department filed a complaint against Circuit Judge Carl B. Boyd, alleging that, on September 20, Judge Boyd committed the offense of domestic battery, in violation of 720 ILCS 5/12-3.2(a)(l), a Class A misdemeanor.
Circuit Court of Cook County Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans was elected today to an eighth term as chief judge by an overwhelming majority of circuit judges voting. His new three-year term will begin December 5, 2022.
Earlier today, the Office of the Chief Judge (OCJ) was notified by Google that the OCJ’s YouTube accounts, used to provide public access to court proceedings, will be restored after being temporarily disabled last week.
Last Friday, Google disabled the accounts due to unspecified violations of unspecified YouTube Community Guidelines. The Office of the Chief Judge appealed. Earlier today, the OCJ received a notice from Google’s YouTube team confirming that the court’s channels do not violate the guidelines and acknowledging that “sometimes we make mistakes.”
